BAYC at Sotheby’s, Loot, Tether Canada ban + 8VC’s Joe Lonsdale: Palantir, China, Cicero | E1278

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.2 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

First Jason covers the $19M Bored Ape Yacht Club bid on Sotheby's & the Loot NFT collection launched by a Vine co-founder (1:42), and briefly covers Tether being banned from Canadian exchanges (11:07). Then serial founder and investor Joe Lonsdale joins (19:53) to discuss his companies (Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov), his new podcast "American Optimist," what regulations need to be fixed in the US, China's bold moves & more.

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0:00.0	Okay, we have an amazing episode for you today.
0:01.7	Palantir's co-founder and investor, Joe Lonsdale is with us.
0:06.1	He runs 8VC and his bio is just too long to read here,
0:09.9	but he is a baller investor, founder,
0:13.2	and iconoclastic thinker.
0:15.8	We probably don't agree on a lot of things,
0:17.3	but we probably agree on most.
0:19.1	We talk about American cities.
0:20.8	We talk about making government more effective.
0:22.7	We talk about China and more.
0:25.6	But first, I'm gonna cover the board, a yacht club,
0:28.2	and their massive $19 million auction going on at Sotheby's
0:31.3	and the Vine co-founders' loot project
0:33.1	that went supernova over the weekend,
0:34.8	as well as Canada banning Tether
0:37.2	from their first two licensed digital currency exchanges.
0:40.2	It's gonna be a great episode.
0:41.7	Stick with us.
0:43.2	This week in startups is brought to you by Silicon Valley Bank.
0:48.0	For over 35 years, Silicon Valley Bank has been providing
0:51.6	banking and financial solutions
0:53.6	for every step of your startup journey.
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